Re: Xircom and Potatoe
* dan.c
| > Xircom Realport Ethernet 10\100 + modem 56 REM56G-100
| >
| > i have installed debian 2.2r3 and it asked to configure pcmcia, no problems
| > when it comes to configuring network via dhcp , again no problems
| > when i reboot the laptop and the interface comes up, it has been recognised by
| > the kernel , etho is showing a ip address collected from the server, yet im
| > unable to ping anything on the network (all network details are correct)
* Jeff <jcoppock1@home.com>
| This card is a little quirky yet. I have the same card and it
| does this nearly everytime I bring it up. All I need to do is
|
| # ifconfig eth0 up
|
| and it starts working. Even though the interface already
| shows that it's up, I need to remind it manually to get it to
| work.
I've had success with setting the card in multicast mode, or even in
promisc on a bad day.
But it's funny, in my office I can get it to work if I follow the
prescription above (the DHCP server there is debian dhcp 2.0pl5-1), but
in my school I've had no success -- no matter what.
I don't know what kind of dhcp server that is running there -- possibly
something on RedHat or Novell, *and* I think they are using some sort of
DHCP relaying.
Does anyone know what I could do to get it to work?
--
Jørn Helge B. Dahl
Falch.net developer - http://www.falch.net
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